UPDATE: Fai maintains slight lead over Treece in Washington County chair race

Commissioner Nafisa Fai continues to maintain her slight lead over Commissioner Pam Treece in a neck-and-neck race to take the helm of the Washington County Board of Commissioners, according to new figures released by the Washington County Elections Division. As of results posted 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, Fai again remained slightly ahead of Commissioner Pam Treece, collecting 49.64% of the vote compared to Treece’s 49.43%. While Treece had been winning by 1,864 votes as of the ballot tally Nov. 6, Fai is now ahead by 460 votes with 64.65% turnout reported. Oregon law mandates an automatic hand recount if the candidates are less than 0.2% apart. As of Friday’s unofficial results, a recount would be required if the certified results show a margin of less than 438 votes. The current unofficial results are outside the hand count requirement. Tuesday’s tabulation in which initially Fai pulled ahead was markedly different from those posted midnight Nov.

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